Do you have experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver people-focused solutions that support organisational success? Are you passionate about helping teams navigate change, build capability and create inclusive, high-performing cultures? Then join Shelter as an HR Business Partnerand play a key role in helping us deliver our mission to defend the right to a safe home. If this sounds like you, please get in touch, expect robust interview questions as we want the best HR partnering for our charity and the most competent ER knowledge. In return will offer a supportive team environment, working from home, competitive salary and very generous staff benefits.

About the role

As part of Shelter’s HR Business Partnering team, you will work closely with directorate leadership teams to understand business priorities and translate these into effective people plans that support organisational objectives. You will provide strategic HR advice and coaching, lead on organisational change initiatives, and ensure people considerations are embedded into decision-making across your client areas.

You will build strong and influential relationships with leaders, helping them develop capability, manage performance, navigate employee relations matters and create positive workplace cultures. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the wider People Directorate, you will support the delivery of organisational development initiatives, workforce planning and cultural change programmes that enable Shelter to achieve its strategic ambitions.

Role specifics

As our HR Business Partner, you will be an experienced HR professional with strong business partnering and employee relations expertise. You will have a proven ability to work with senior stakeholders, providing both support and constructive challenge to help drive business performance and people outcomes. You will be confident leading on organisational change projects, interpreting employment legislation and applying HR best practice in a complex and geographically dispersed organisation.

You’ll act as the HR lead on change initiatives and transformational programmes, ensuring change is delivered effectively and with consideration for colleagues impacted. You’ll use HR data and insights to support decision-making, help leadership teams identify workforce priorities and champion a high-performance culture across your directorates.

You will also work closely with Trade Union representatives and internal stakeholders, supporting positive employee relations and helping ensure that organisational policies and practices are applied fairly, consistently and in line with Shelter’s values.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (+ bank holidays), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

The HR Business Partnering Team provides the strategic lead on people management and organisational development at Shelter. We aim to enable the organisation to have the right Culture, Capacity and Capability to achieve its purpose. We do this through providing Employee Relations and Business Partnering support, partnering with specific directorates within the organisation to understand business needs and advise on people initiatives which support the delivery of directorate objectives. Working with colleagues within the wide people directorate to delivery cultural and structural change management initiatives tailored to the needs of the business. Supporting the Head of HR Business Partnering in the continued development and delivery of the wider people plan.

Are you passionate about housing rights and committed to helping people facing the housing emergency? Join Shelter Scotland as a Senior Housing Rights Worker and play a leading role in delivering expert housing advice, supporting communities and influencing positive change.

About the role

We’re looking for someone with experience providing high-quality housing advice, advocacy and casework, alongside the confidence to lead and support others in delivering excellent services. You’ll oversee complex casework, promote housing rights and quality standards, and provide coaching and line management to Housing Rights Workers. Working closely with communities, partner organisations and decision-makers, you’ll build relationships, influence positive change and use evidence and lived experience to improve housing outcomes. You’ll also help lead local projects, support strategic interventions and ensure people affected by the housing emergency are empowered to shape Shelter Scotland’s work and wider housing policy.

Role specifics

We’re looking for someone who can inspire and support others while delivering high-quality housing rights services. You’ll have knowledge of housing and social justice issues, excellent communication skills and the confidence to deliver workshops, presentations and advice to a range of audiences. You’ll be organised, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build relationships, influence decision-makers and empower individuals and communities. You’ll also be confident using IT systems, gathering evidence and insight, and turning this into meaningful action that helps improve housing outcomes.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues and contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.

Do you have some experience of advice work, preferably with a focus on housing issues, and a real desire to advance your specialist level knowledge? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping to identify and resolve the homelessness and bad housing issues facing local communities.

About the role

We’re looking for someone who can provide high-quality housing advice, advocacy and casework to people facing the housing emergency, both in local communities and remotely. You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to promote housing rights, deliver capacity-building activities and respond to local housing issues through influencing and advocacy. You’ll also gather evidence and insight to help shape our work, build strong relationships with communities and decision-makers, and support people with lived experience to influence services, campaigns and wider change. Through everything you do, you’ll help ensure Shelter Scotland delivers high-quality, person-centred support while working to tackle the root causes of housing injustice.

Role specifics

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and relationship-building skills who enjoys working collaboratively to make a real difference. You’ll be confident delivering workshops and presentations, engaging with individuals, communities and partners, and explaining complex information in a clear and accessible way. Experience of housing advice or social justice work would be an advantage, alongside the ability to challenge poor practice, influence decision-makers and solve problems creatively. Ideally, you’ll also be comfortable using a range of IT systems, including Microsoft Office and CRM systems.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues that contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.

MCFB is looking for a Finance Controller to support the accounting needs of the organisation. If you have dedication to anti-racist practice, have experience in working with charity organisations, and want to work in a compassionate and person-centred organisation, come and work with us!

The role holder will work closely with the Chief Executive and wider team to maintain and establish effective financial and administrative systems and processes. They will be responsible for the smooth running of our financial systems, undertaking book-keeping, reporting and regularly reviewing policies, processes and procedures to ensure they are fit for purpose and will liaise with the Board about financial issues. They will manage other operational matters from time to time as well.

Are you passionate about building relationships and helping communities thrive? Are you able to work towards and achieve targets? Do you have experience of analysing data to inform decisions?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

About Cyrenians FareShare

We are part of the UK wide FareShare network, working to reduce food waste and tackle food inequality. From our depot in Edinburgh we redistribute quality surplus food to charities and community organisations supporting people across Central and South East Scotland. Our Community Food Members include foodbanks, community pantries, breakfast clubs, community meals, veterans' organisations and many other local groups who use food to support the people that they work with.

About the role

We're looking for a Community Food Member Development Officer to help grow and support our network of Community Food Members, ensuring more good food reaches people who need it while reducing food waste. This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll be responsible for growing, supporting and strengthening our Community Food Member network.

About You

You will be an enthusiastic, proactive individual who can work independently to build strong relationships and identify new opportunities for partnership working. Your excellent communication and organisational skills will help you work effectively towards achieving targets. Your ability to analyse data will support informed decision making and continuous service improvement for our Members.

You will travel across Central & South East Scotland to visit CFM’s so access to own vehicle or use of public transport is expected (costs will be reimbursed).

How we'll support you

You will work independently as part of the Enterprise Team, while also collaborating closely with the Depot Operations Team and receiving ongoing support from your Manager. You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

Read more about our impact and our values.

People are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Day-by-day, person-by-person, we tailor what we offer to what people need. We’re here to provide consistent, friendly and informed support so that people can explore options and take ‘the next step’ towards their future.

We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those in recovery and those who have lived through homelessness. To make a difference, we work flexibly, with everyday leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ spirit. We want to make it easy, make it right and make it happen – not only for the people we support, but for each other. We care for and support each other regardless of our role, service or location.

Job Purpose

The Head of Service - Harm Reduction & Service Development will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of innovative and developing services, including Harm Reduction, Digital Lifelines, Human Rights, Recovery, Gambling Harm, the Managed Alcohol Project, and Safer Services (our high-tolerance harm reduction model).

This is a senior leadership role with a national remit, responsible for driving forward service innovation, development and system change. The postholder will lead diverse teams and programmes across the organisation, ensuring that practice is aligned with policy, evidence and organisational values.

You will play a key role in shaping and promoting models of best practice, strengthening partnerships locally, nationally and internationally, and influencing wider systems to improve outcomes for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantages.

This role will balance strategic development, partnership leadership and oversight of emerging service models, ensuring they are sustainable, impactful and grounded in trauma-informed, person-centred approaches.

Job Purpose

To provide high quality advice, casework and representation to individuals and families on welfare benefits, income maximisation, and debt, in accordance with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP) Level 2. This includes providing advice on debt solutions, negotiating with creditors and supporting clients to access the most appropriate debt solution, including the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS), sequestration and other non-statutory debt remedies.

By joining our team, you will be helping alleviate poverty and improve individuals’ and families’ lives and ensure our Vision is fulfilled, in that no one in our communities endures hardship.

George Watson’s College wishes to appoint a Senior Philanthropy Officer to lead the school’s individual giving and legacy fundraising initiatives, and support major programmes and campaigns. Develop strong relationships with donors and our alumni community to grow philanthropic income and long-term engagement.

Full details can be downloaded below.

About Us

Borders Independent Advocacy Service (BIAS) has established itself as one of Scotland’s leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional services since 1995. At the heart of our work are the rights of advocacy partners and the power of their voices to bring about positive change.

We provide individual, issue-based independent advocacy for people across the Scottish Borders. We work alongside corporate parents and communities to broaden understanding, and with policymakers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice based on the lived experience of advocacy partners in Scottish Borders.

About the Role

BIAS is seeking passionate, values-driven individuals to join our Board of Trustees and help shape the future of our organisation. If you have experience in finance, HR, law, or advocacy, and a passion for supporting others, we would love to hear from you. We are looking to strengthen our Board to help guide the charity forward.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dedicated and experienced team.
• Make a real impact in your community.
• Flexible meeting options (in person and online).
• Help us continue our important work and make a difference.

What does the role involve?

Board Members support the strategic direction, governance, and sustainability of Borders Independent Advocacy Service. Responsibilities include:

• Attending quarterly Board meetings (held both online and in person).
• Attending occasional additional meetings, particularly during key development periods.
• Meetings usually lasting less than 2 hours
• Reviewing Board papers in advance, which are circulated by email (hard copies available on request)
• Supporting good governance and effective decision-making.
• Acting as an ambassador for BIAS.
• Contributing skills, expertise, and insight.
• Supporting the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives.

This is a voluntary role, offering the opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of advocacy partners across the Scottish Borders and contribute to the organisation’s continued growth.

What we offer

• The opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• A supportive, inclusive and values-led Board.
• Induction, training, and ongoing development.
• Opportunities to contribute strategically to a growing organisation.
• Experience of charity governance and strategic leadership.

Forth Valley Advocacy is an independent advocacy service promoting the rights, freedom and dignity of vulnerable people, supporting people to have their say and defending disadvantaged people from abuse and exploitation. The service is based on human rights principles and ensures that a stronger voice is given to individuals made vulnerable by complex life situations.

Following a recent successful recruitment process we now aim to a further advocacy worker to our dedicated team, enabling Forth Valley Advocacy to continue the provision of high quality, person centred Independent Advocacy services across the Forth Valley area.

You will join an enthusiastic group of experienced Advocacy Workers and will report to the Chief Officer. The caseload is varied and will include work with individuals who are subject to legislation, including mental health care and treatment, and people using care and support services or who are in transition between services or settings.

With a commitment to ensuring that Advocacy Partners voices are heard, you will have a strong belief in empowerment and inclusion. As a member of the expanded team, you will contribute to the development of the service as it continues to provide independent advocacy throughout this period of growth.

Due to the widespread geography covered by this post, you must be a car driver with access to a car.

*The service is based in Falkirk but covers the whole of the Forth Valley area. Hybrid working arrangements are in operation although the successful individual will be required to work from our office during the induction period.

Recent applicants need not reapply as their applications will be reviewed as part of this recruitment exercise.

We are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.